Show MINES AND MINING in aji innovation in worlds fair exhibitions considerable misapprehension exists exist bothin both in this country and abroad asto as to the mines and mining exhibit which is to be madcap made at the exposition at worlds fairs heretofore the mineral and allied c exhibits have been show shown in thaman the manufactures building or in annexes to other structures occupied by exhibits having out but remote relation to anything of the mineral description many press prem notices and comments indicate that the impression pro prevails vails widely that such is to be the case at the exposition of 1608 1803 hut but that is far from being true mines and mining has boon been mado a separate and distinct department of tho the clas of exhibits and will alu have tho exclusive use of one of tho the finest and largest of the exposition buildings tho the mines and mining building measures mear by feet has a total floor space of almost 9 0 acres and cost s th the c fact is that at the worlds columbian exposition for the first time in the history of such enterprises the mining industry and products are arc accorded the recognition which their exceedingly great importance to tho the wealth and I 1 prosperity of all civilized nations ions really demands mr skiff chief chiff of the department part ment says that it is already assured that in the mines and mining building will be gathered in 1893 incomparably the largest array and most complete and most instructive evidence of the mineral wealth and progress of the raining mining industry ever collected or attempted |